We have just arrived in Istanbul. We were for the first time in this great city which is located on two continents, Europe and Asia. The feeling was amazing and we couldn't wait to leave our baggage and get out of the hotel. There was too much to see! Such a beauty of a city! As the first day was approaching its end, we all decided that we want to take full advantage of our time spent in Turkey, so we went out to have some fun and enjoy the magical night in Istanbul that was ahead of us. However, we didn't want something over the top. We were just looking for a little bar near Bosphorus, with a view of the city and some cocktails just enough to stir up our mood. At our hometown, in Skopje, we heard of a great place in Istanbul, near Bosphorus, called Reina. We were casually dressed, one of us had snickers on and I wore a Zara T-shirt with big heart in front. We asked at the reception for a taxi and we got one. As we headed through the streets of Istanbul, we were expecting to arrive at some small low-key coffee bar, as we imagined Reina to be, but then the taxi driver asked us with bad English:
- "Rezervatzion?" (please read this as it is written so you can get a feeling of the accent)
- "Yok reservatzion", - my friend replied. ('Yok' is very common negation in Turkey)
- "Aah, problem!" - he replied.
- "Yok problem", - my friend said.
So, dressed casually, we arrived in front of a magnificent, classy and spectacular club, with eight bodyguards in front of it with red carpet... We were shocked and were laughing at the same time! They looked at us and it was obvious that they wouldn't let us in. But my friend turned to talk to the taxi driver faster than the people at the entrance could say anything, and she said to him:
- "Problem!"
- "No problem!" - he replied.
He just told the bodyguards something, we never figured what, and they let us in. We would have never imagined that a taxi driver would manage to get us in the fanciest club in Istanbul where people were coming on yachts at the little marina, which is Reina's property. We've never felt better. We were dancing at the fabulous club in Istanbul where classy people were going out. It was a place of prestige where the Turkish 'cream" wanted to be seen. It has a spectacular view of the whole city. So, there, between the wonderful Turkish music vibe and the breeze which was blowing along the shores of Bosphorus, we felt that our night just became totally priceless. And we figured, sometimes, spontaneity, although unexpected, can be truly wonderful and awesome!
[Source: http://www.reina.com.tr/]
For more info of the REINA bar, club and restaurant go to:
http://www.reina.com.tr/
https://www.facebook.com/ReinaIstanbul
http://instagram.com/reinaclub
http://vimeo.com/reinaclub
Andrijana Bogoevska
(Stamp My Passport)
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